Day 3: RIP Oreo

Our poor little piggy, Oreo, passed away today.  Last night he felt cold, so I had him lay on my chest for an hour while I stroked his little head.  Every time I stopped petting his head, he let out a soft whimper.  I managed to get him to drink from the syringe, but he still looked pretty sad at bedtime.

This morning, he looked much better!  He was drinking from the cage water bottle, he took a bite of romaine lettuce and a few bites of carrots.  An hour later Daniel told me he heard Oreo make a few squeeks, then Oreo jumped around in circle, and fell over dead :(

The kids were sad, but were anxious for me to replace Oreo with a new guinea pig.  My heart was broken, especially after our bonding time last night.  But, off to PetSmart I went.

As soon as I walked in the door and whispered that I had a guinea pig fatality, we were whisked away from the crowd.  They didn't have any more piggies, so I got a refund.  Then I went to PetCo to see if they had any pigs, but they were also out.  I called PetSmart in Belleville, but they wouldn't get anymore in for 2 weeks.  Finally I called and found 2 guineas at PetCo in Edwardsville... but when I got there, they were already sold!  Luckily, I passed a PetSmart and had Daniel call them.  Two pigs.  I went into the store and saw one brown fuzzy looking pig, and a black fuzzy one.  They were really cute!  They were both "pigging" out on hay, so hopefully that meant they were healthy.  I bought the black one.

When we got home he ran circles around his new house! He is a fast little guy! Luke and Fiona have named him Chippy.  Hopefully Chippy will have a long healthy life.  My heart still breaks for sweet little Oreo...

Good thing I got my trainer ride done before O's passing.  32 minutes on the bike and Yeeouch! My "saddle" needs reconditioning ;)

Day 3 Summary:
137.6lbs
32 minutes on bike trainer/304 calories burned